{"id":1134,"date":"2014-03-18T12:08:58","date_gmt":"2014-03-18T12:08:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mattwpbs.com\/?p=1134"},"modified":"2014-03-18T12:08:58","modified_gmt":"2014-03-18T12:08:58","slug":"a-night-on-the-brecon-beacons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mattwpbs.com\/?p=1134","title":{"rendered":"A Night On The Brecon Beacons"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve been telling myself I’m going to spend a night on top of the Brecon Beacons with my camera for a while. The view’s incredible, the silence is incredible, and the isolation is incredible. Saturday the 8th of March found me at a loose end, checked that the weather forecast was for clear skies and headed down the M4 to Wales. <\/p>\n

Need to go back for three reasons – I couldn’t get bulb mode working with the cheap remote I picked up, the wind shake affected the night photos and I want to try it with my heavier tripod, and finally because the sunrise was one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen. <\/p>\n

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I’ve been telling myself I’m going to spend a night on top of the Brecon Beacons with my camera for a while. The view’s incredible, the silence is incredible, and the isolation is incredible. 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